As long as there was coffee in the world, how bad could things be?

I was alive when the Dead Sea was just a lake that was feeling a little poorly.

You know what the worst thing I can imagine is? Simon had said. Not trusting someone I love.

If you're texting Magnus to say 'I think u r kewl' I'm going to kill you

Growing up happens when you start having things you look back on and wish you could change -Clary Fray

I'll just have them change the entry in the demonology textbook from 'almost extinct' to 'not extinct enough for Alec. He prefers his monsters really, really extinct.' Will that make you happy?

I don't do what I'm told, but I might do what you want if you ask me nicely.

Hate is nothing when weighed against survival. (Valentine)

Everything changes in my life, and the world stays the same.

You're Valentine's son. I'm sure you're the one the Queen really wants to see. Besides, you're charming. Maybe not at the moment.

Jace suggested that the cast of "Gilligan's Island" could go do something anatomically unlikely with themselves.

That was the hard thing about grief, and the grieving. They spoke another language, and the words we knew always fell short of what we wanted them to say.

If you do the things you need to do when you need to do them, then someday you can do the things you want do when you want to do them.

We need to never consider ourselves as having 'arrived'; always trying to learn how we can change to be more like Christ

From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.

I always wanted to be a rock'n'roll star.

Banks need to think through their ethics very carefully, and many have done so. I dont know any bank that dismisses the concept of ethical banking.

The fact that the commercial success of my books has allowed me to buy a house for myself and my daughter I think is a lovely thing. I don't think there is anything wrong with that.

For me, if I had all the money in the world, and I could finance my own films, I would do whatever.

I need not to be more with others, but to be more & more deeply, richly alone. Recreating worlds.

The world is a violent child none of us will get to see grow up.